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Is it possible to restore or salvage guns that were flooded?
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:26 am
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:26 am
Thanks.
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Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:27 am to prplhze2000
Yes. Break em down ASAP and give em a good cleaning. Make sure they dry well. Only thing you'll have to worry about is rust.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:28 am to prplhze2000
Yes, they can be restored. May have ro send off to a specialists if they are valuable guns, I wouldn't trust anyone around BR to do a full restore.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:29 am to prplhze2000
It depends on the gun. The metal can be salvaged if you can get to them really quickly and oil them, the wood stock probably are not salvageable. Duck hunting I sunk a boat and lost an 870, found it the following week and only had to replace the stock. The bluing looked bad but, it was a duck gun. Why type of guns?
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:29 am to prplhze2000
Yes, it shouldn't be a problem if you cared for them before and clean them well ASAP. Make sure all parts are completely dry before reassembly or you may see rust.
ETA: Dry then oil of course.
ETA: Dry then oil of course.
This post was edited on 8/16/16 at 7:31 am
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:39 am to wickowick
Colt 38 super, shotguns.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:43 am to prplhze2000
Water shouldn't hurt them to bad if you clean them up well. If the shotgun stocks are wood it may require some changing out
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:52 am to MorningWood
Its freshwater not saltwater like Katrina. Dry them, oil them and pull the stocks and forearms off if shotguns so they dry. You should be good.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 8:01 am to prplhze2000
yes.....
Posted on 8/16/16 at 8:24 am to tipup
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Dry them, oil them and pull the stocks and forearms off if shotguns so they dry. You should be good.
This.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 8:26 am to prplhze2000
This is one of the few times WD40 would be good to use on a fire arm to drive out all of the water in all the nooks and crannies of the actions. Liberal use of WD 40 to expel the water. Wipe it down really good. Then use a good gun oil of your preference.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 9:28 am to prplhze2000
Being that it's fresh water, the sooner you can get them out of the water and dried and oiled, the better of a chance you have...
I lost 18 guns in Katrina thanks to a combination of salt water and being stuck in a flooded, we, carpeted, hot safe for 3 weeks... Not a single one could be salvaged. 3 different gunsmiths from 2 different states each said they were beyond repair due to pitting in the chambers, breeches and feed ramps.
I lost 18 guns in Katrina thanks to a combination of salt water and being stuck in a flooded, we, carpeted, hot safe for 3 weeks... Not a single one could be salvaged. 3 different gunsmiths from 2 different states each said they were beyond repair due to pitting in the chambers, breeches and feed ramps.
This post was edited on 8/16/16 at 9:31 am
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:00 am to prplhze2000
Dry and clean them as soon as possible. If you need to remove rust I suggest trying BlueWonder I had several guns stolen and when they were recovered they were covered in rust. The were sentimental so I didn't want to have them refinished. The Blue Wonder "melted" the rust off and didn't harm the bluing. It was amazing. Sorry for your loss, good luck.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:21 am to prplhze2000
Buy yourself a length of six inch off and cap one end. Fill with diesel.
Soak.
Soak.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:32 am to wickowick
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, the wood stock probably are not salvageable
During the 2010 flood in Nashville hundreds of vintage guitars were underwater for days, almost all were salvaged. They simply cleaned the wood parts with clean water and allow them to slowly dry in a moderate temperature and humidity. They found that trying to speed up the drying process using heat or other methods did not give as good of a result as just natural air drying.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 7:13 am to cdaniel76
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3 different gunsmiths from 2 different states each said they were beyond repair due to pitting in the chambers, breeches and feed ramps.
But I bet they offered to buy them from you
Posted on 8/19/16 at 7:43 am to prplhze2000
yes but dry slowly and you will be fine
Posted on 8/19/16 at 7:55 am to prplhze2000
When our house got 7' of water inside it from a flood in 1998, we took our guns to a shop here in town and he salvaged them all.
I was so damn surprised when the guy grabbed all of our guns and laid them on the sidewalk, then hosed them off with a garden hose and sprayer to get all the mud off. Over 20 wooden stock rifles and shotguns and all if them were salvaged without having to replace anything on them.
I was so damn surprised when the guy grabbed all of our guns and laid them on the sidewalk, then hosed them off with a garden hose and sprayer to get all the mud off. Over 20 wooden stock rifles and shotguns and all if them were salvaged without having to replace anything on them.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:02 am to prplhze2000
My mom remembered during the flood that her Philadelphia Deringer was left in the bottom of her cedar chest. We kayaked back and I dug for about 10 minutes before finding it. I cleaned and oiled it. Now we hope for the best.
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